Blog Archives - SurgeonMasters

11/24/2021 jeffsmithmd

The Power of Gratitude – Reflection and Resources

I’ve been using the positive power of gratitude to improve my well-being. As with anything else in life, I’m getting better with practice. I haven’t

10/24/2021 Ryan Will MD

Improving Physician Resilience by Practicing Gratitude

An Orthopaedic giant, Freddie Fu MD, recently passed away. Many eloquent obituaries and remembrances have already been written. Dr Fu’s impact is

10/14/2021 jeffsmithmd

Deliberate Practice and the Power of Getting 1% Better

Chris Nikic embraced the power of getting 1% better every day and in November 2020 became the first person with Down syndrome to complete an IRONMAN

09/23/2021 jeffsmithmd

Coaching Skills Improve Critical Leadership Skills

How Coaching Supports Others’ Best. As physicians, we’re called to lead in many ways by team members, patients, and countless others during our

09/09/2021 Muyibat Adelani MD

Should I Get a Coach … or a Therapist?

Being a physician can be very challenging! Sometimes we recognize that we are in a rut that we need help getting out of, but determining who should

08/26/2021 jeffsmithmd

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-2

In Part 1 of this blog series about my recent surgery, I discussed how gaining a different perspective allowed me to change my mindset. Part 2 will

08/12/2021 jeffsmithmd

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-1

In July, I had low back surgery (a right L5 -S1 discectomy and bilateral L5-S1 laminoforaminotomies) which in some part was due to years of performing

07/28/2021 jeffsmithmd

Career Milestones – Passing 500 Surgeon Coaching Hours

My vision is that every surgeon is working with a coach. I recently hit a career milestone, surpassing 500 surgeon client coaching hours since I

07/15/2021 jeffsmithmd

Coaching Promotes Self-Advocacy for Surgeons

As surgeons, we are often on our own in a competitive, high risk environment. There are times when we are faced with: Being forced to do something